in walnut creek, craig kron 4 news. >>pam: 7 as a teenager trend for more than a block by hit-and-run driver is making steady improvements. erica show here recent photo with her mother in the eyes you at the regional medical center turn 19 years old today. at the hospital for mother showed guests at her daughter had received. it should think the committee for what she's as has been an overwhelming outpouring of support. >> we have a lot of plants, were still going to do something for heard tonight all together. we will bring her gifts and a cake to be here for her. >>pam: eric may be improving, her mother said she's had four rounds of surgery and will be hospitalized for another four to six months. the driver involved in the case remains at large. police in vallejo are searching for a convicted sex offender. today they should a felony arrest warrant for michael maze to you see here. he failed to register as a sex offender and is required by law. his original offense involving a minor under the age of 14. >>jacqueline: s

in the santa cruz mountains, craig kron 4 news.>mark: the search for two walnut creek teams that won rafting in the creek ended tragically. there were found in a concord canal several miles from where they entered the water. the high school students, went into this brain swelling canal around 2:00 p.m. saturday. there were supposed to been a friend of the other and they never showed up. they were wearing helmets but no life jackets. there were reported round midnight, because of the heavy rain was too dangerous for search crews to enter the water. they entered water on sunday, they found the two bodies on sunday afternoon. the second deadly incident in this canal in less than a year. the spot where officials from the teens was about a fifth of a mile where car caring family of three, last april crashing into the canal. he was the dramatic rescue of one of the people in that car. you may remember was really stormy back then. the hogan family was driving north on san miguel drive. 75 year- old janice hogan as you see here, rescued fr

in redwood city, craig sklar, kron 4 news. >>pam: and with a surf contest that half moon bay could be in question. no big waves. no big storms and the window holding a contest is one week from today. in santa cruz, shane desmond looking forward to competing. >> there is always the window for the contest is going to be closing in one week. there is really no chance of waves. however, the month of march could a good swells. i'd is what to get out there and keep surfing. hopefully, morse was before this winter is gone. mother nature, and i would've loved to of that to happen. there was some really great people of their, with kelly shane, and i will like to of served with those guys. disappointed that there is no wait for no contest. >>pam: desmond will keep his fingers crossed but at the same time he is already packing his bags for australia and other big wave hot spots in the southern hemisphere. >>catherine: of the earthquake and new zealand near christchurch. no immediate confirmation of damage or injuries. it is a huge city.

in san jose, craig kron 4 news. >>darya: the state you live to a press conference with nasa talking about the upcoming straddled launch. >> we try to take time out and mark milestones along the way. i know folks who have taken the opportunity to reflect on a lot of different things. we have done things that are both personal and otherwise with the team. we have done a lot of that along the way. i think people will do that up in their own way. it will be special to a lot of folks i think. >> that will conclude today's precast down briefing. as a reminder the countdown begins tonight, this afternoon at 3:00 p.m. eastern time please join us live on nasa television tomorrow for the countdown status briefing. for more information on the mission crew, aw of visitww.nasa.gov.shuttle. i'm more maze to buy anything, she's the voice. the this is the first time, she's the face of an asset. you always hear hershey's the blasting off lady. >>mark: this launch as been pushed back month after month after cracks in the external fue

kron fours craig is live at the scene with the latest. >> homeless shelter behind me, an area of peoplehe south side, san jose area at 2:00 a.m., a blaze started in the locker room. firefighters mopping up the scene. it started around 2:00 a.m., sprinkler system kicked in that meeting huge difference homeless folks had to get out, they had to wait more than an hour in the cold. fire officials say they got this thing under control before got worse. >> smoked throughout the building where the residence lee. we had to evacuate the facility. about 215 people. supervisors were on scene to help get everyone out. they have our roster. we check people as they came out. the road for about an hour. >> everyone was okayed not even a small peninsulsmoke inhalatior system was keep. this could have been worse. everybody was sleeping when this happened. we will continue to see what happened in that location. things could have been worse. people are back in the shoulder going back to sleep again >> police pursuing a bank robber who started chase and livermore to oakland. about 230 yesterday afternoon p

kron 4 news. >>pam: if our team coverage moves to the santa cruz mountains and the conditions along high was 17. >>craig: are rough morning in the santa cruz mountains, at one point the rain was blowing sideways. caltrans is telling me they were really worried about down trees, rocks and mud slides. fortunately things were so bad. >> my biggest problem is is when we get the winds. that's when, the ground is saturated with water and the wind will topple over trees. >>craig: in the next 12 to 18 hours as snowfalls they say they will have crews out to push the snow in the middle of the road to keep lanes on either side going smoothly if they can. in santa cruz, greg kron 4 news. >>pam: reggie is live in san francisco along the great highway. how does a look there? >>marty: this is a common occurrence between lincoln. the lane southbound you could see are filled with water. this usually happens when we receive a lot of rain. i just talked to dtw, they tell me this will remain closed until all this rain that were supposed to get passes through. visit the water usually receives on its own or goes into the sew

craig conditions at of the novato pass highway 37. another camera, this one is provided by yoli. 101 moving to berlin game certainly not hotspot. darya? >> darya: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. not just in the bay area but worldwide of course the big story is still in cairo here is a live shot from cairo you can see in the distance dozens of protesters spilling the street once again, demanding the immediate ancestor of the president. >> james: and we are back, levi strauss is getting another shot at suing abercrombie and fitch. the value of the arch pattern on the back of that pocket. that is the back pocket of levis, its trademark has been diluted because of abercrombie and finch is using a similar pattern. you decide, there's a phobos. \ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ so both. >> darya: everyone has a pocket design. >> james: i nobodi know but levi's is going to sue them. to get them to stop putting their little similar lead design squiggle. >> darya: i think everyone knows levi's it has the double digit, it always does. the little red the need to. (laughter) now i know you're going to be inspecting or rear ends. doing research

kron 4 news. police and pulp and are investigating a string of car break-ins. craig sklar has been falling.say if you're planning on parking your car he had better be whether there had been rash of auto theft hercules, people still in possession to anything in sight. people who at parking in these lots say they're aware of the problem of not leaving anything in the car. >> i don't leave anything of value in my car. >> i tried to take precautions i lock my door, i don't keep things of value in my car. >> reporter: there had been at 260 of these break-ins the break-in when the special tools or smashed a window. >> james: bay area bargain barry warm day for the next several days a storm system headed our way, we could see snow. as low as 1000-500 ft. may be sea level? it's a possibility we will get the latest coming out. >> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. another takes term is headed our way we had been talking about it this morning. snow. jonathan bloom take a look at past snow. >> reporter: snow fell from the sky, yes it happened in the bay area. the year was 1976. fl february 5th, w